Bottle or other receptacle receiving crate



M. W. QUIRK.

BOTTLE DR OTHER RECEPTACLE RECEIVING CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29. 1919.

1,368,290. Patented Feb. 15,1921.

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BOTTLE R OTHER RECEPTAGL-E RECEIVING: CRATE.

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, Application filed September 2a, 1919. serial no. 327,163.

To all whom tmay concern: g

Be it known that I,"MIcHAEL WQQUIBK, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle or other Receptacle Receiving Crates, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bottle or other receptacle receiving crates inthe form of an open box having means therein for holding the bottles or other receptacles in spaced relation. p v

in the crates ofthis class now in everyday use, considerable difliculty has been experienced in that, after continuous usage, the bottom rods, which support the bottles or other receptacles in their respective compartments, become torn from the end members of the crate in which their ends are secured, due to the strain to which they are subjected. The crates that I have reference to are those employing wooden end mem bers, and as will be obvlous, the openings in which the ends of the rods are secured become enlarged and elongated after thefrom the end members to which they are secured after continuous usage, and which, at the same time, should they become disengaged after prolonged use, may be reinserted without the necessity of supplying entirely new end members.

A more specific object of the present invention is to provide bottom reinforcing strips for the end members of the crate which form shoulders upon which a securing strip connecting the adjacent ends of the bottom rod members rests to provide means for reinforcing the means employed for securing the bottom rods in the crate.

Another object of the present invention is to provide metallic securing'strips for connecting the adjacent ends of the bottom receptacle supporting rods and means for securing said strips to the end members of the crate. I p y With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the novel con struction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the hereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claims. In the accompanying drawing it have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devisedfor the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which: i

Figural is a perspective View of a completed bottle or other. receptacle receiving crate embodying the various features of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a topplan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view therethroughtaken on the line 3-'3 of Fig. 2. v Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view gaken through my crate on the line 4. -4: of 1 Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional View taken through one portion of the lower part of one of the end members on the line 5-5 of Fig. 6, and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

' Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing in which like reference characters designate like parts throughout, the several views, the numeral iii indicates a wooden rectangular crate, having side members 11 and end members 12 which are nailed or otherwise fastened togetherv Specificationof Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 15., 11921. i

- porting rods 15 extending thereacross and secured to the endmembers in the novel manner now about to be described.

' As best shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 5, the lower edges of the end members 12 terminate a'short distance above the lower edges of' the side members 11 and each has secured thereto by any desired fasteningnieans a re inforcing strip 16 which is slightly thicker than the end, members whereby to provide. supporting shoulders 17 projecting inwardly jacent shoulder 17 i which is of substantially the same thickness as the securing strip. The bottom rods 15 are medially braced by means of transverse rods 21 extending across the crate near the bottom and having their 1 ends secured in the side members 11.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be readily apparent that the strain appliedto the bottom supporting rods 15 is relleved by means of the reinforcing strips 16 and thus practically no strainwhatsoever is applied to the rivets 20, and all possibility of the rivets 20 enlarging, the openings structures the bottom supporting rods '15 are a through which they pass is practically.eliminated; Atthe same time should the strips 16 be dislodged from ,the end member 12 through continuous usage of the crate, and

the rivets 20 pulled out of their opening, it 7 .Wlll not be necessary to completely rebuild the crate, supplying entirely new end members 12, but it will be necessary to merely drill new holes for-the rivets 20 and to supply new reinforcing strips 16. In the old secured in the end members 12 in the same manner as are the rods 13 and 1 1, and when the rods are torn from the end members, it is impossible to secure them in the same end members by drilling new holes, as the rods 15 must at all times be disposed directly across the bottom of the rece tacle receiving compartments. Consequentl my device eliminates these objectionable features.

As will be obvious, the rods 15 with their securing strips 18 provide an insert which may be sold separate from the crate 10 for repairing crates now in use. The insert is secured in old crates by removing the old bottom rods and then securing the strips 18 to the end members, thus making a used crate practically as strong as a new one at a comparatively low cost. "The insert may be sold as an entirety and will provide a strong bottom for crates whether or not it is em-' ployed in connection with the reinforcing strips 16.

What'I claim as my invention is:

1. A crate of the classdescribedcomprisinga box-like structure open "at" its top and bottom,-a plurality of-receptacle receiving compartments in said crate, bottom rods ex% tending across the bottoms of said compartments to provide rests for receptacles disposed therein, metal securing strips connecting the adjacent ends of said bottom rods, fastening means for securing the metal strips to opposed sides fthe crate, and a reinforcing shoulder in 'said crate adjacent each metalstrip and upon which said strips rest, whereby to relieve the strain on the fastening means when receptacles are disposed in the compartments and rest on said bottom rods.

2. A crate of the class described comprising side and end members connected together to form abox-like structure open at its top and bottom, said end members terminating a short distance above the lower edges of the side members and each having a reinforcing strip secured to its bottom edge, a plnrality of receptacle receiving compartments in said crate, bottom rodsextending across the bottoms ofsaid compart- -ments,- --securing strips connecting the adjacent ends of the bottom rods, and means.

fixingsaid'securing'strips to the end members adjacent said reinforcing strips.

3. A crate of the class described compris-- ing side and end members connected togather to form a box-like structure open at its top and bottom, said end members terminating a short dlstance above the lower edges of the side members and each having a reinforcing strip secured to its bottom edge, said strips being of greaterthickness than the end members forming a shoulder on the inner side of each end member adjacent its lower edge, a plurality of receptacle receiving compartments in 'said crate, bottom rods extending across the bottoms of said compartments, metal securing strips 115 connecting the adjacent ends of the bottom rods and resting on the shoulders of said end members, and means securing said securing strips to the end members. i I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

MICHAEL W. QUIRK.

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